FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC®)

FTC is designed for students in grades 7-12 to compete head to head, using a sports model. Teams are responsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and is programmed using a variety of languages. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.

New Coach and Mentor Orientation - the season, team logistics, school partnership, Q&A

9:10-10:00

Room 2

New student orientation - the season, the robot, the outreach

9:10-10:00

Room 3

New parent orientation - the season, expectations, scholarships, Q&A

9:10-10:00

Courtyard

Scrimmage for veteran teams on Ring It Up! Prizes include this year's game elements

10:15

Auditorium(everyone)

The Game Reveal! (Yes - Miss Liberty has permission to scoop FIRST a full two hours before they release the challenge. BUT: no texts, tweets, pictures, posts, blogging, or calling your uncle in Minnesota until after 12 pm) Game reveal, hand-out binders with full-color game rules (one per team); Teams invited to tour the field; strategy sessions for rookies

11:15-11:45

Room 1

LabVIEW Programming, led by Doug DeVicariis

11:15-11:45

Room 2

RobotC Programming, led by Brian Bugert

11:15-11:45

Room 3

"Winning Trophies: What FTC Judges want to see in 2013-14" led by Theresa Klemme, Regional Judge Advisor

11:15-11:45

Room 4

"Get Connected: An Overview of the new Field Control System (FCS) and Wizard"

FTC World Championship

Volunteers Needed

We have a the chance to make this year the very best for FTC in SoCal history! We plan to have many more events, and welcome people who would like to volunteer to plan and participate in LA FTC events. A couple of areas that we'd like some specific help are: (1) Website Management - Manage and improve the LA FTC website (2) Game Announcing - Ever want to be that guy in the mirrored suit with the mic and the play-by-play? Do you know someone who would be perfect for the job?! With more events this year, there will be more opportunities to give it a try. Please let us know if you're interested!

And if you're just interested in getting more involved and helping to keep FIRST Tech Challenge strong in Southern California, please contact us at volunteer @ losangelesFTC.org. There's lots to do and it's all (well, almost all!) a whole lot of fun!